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This municipality was named for George Lawrence (1855-1924), Provincial Minister of Agriculture from 1911 to 1915. [1] Between 1925 and 1979, the municipality was operated by an administrator appointed by the provincial government. [2]
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Lakeshore (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Lawrence (5 November 1914)
Amalgamated with Ochre River (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Freedale, Horyn, Magnet, Methley, Million, Moose Bay, Rorketon, Toutes Aides, Weiden
Land Area (square km)
761.64
Year
Total
1901
155
1911
879
1921
2102
1931
1576
1941
1745
1951
1563
1956
1479
1961
1332
1966
1264
1971
1099
1976
958
1981
866
1986
814
1991
648
1996
608
2001
540
2006
501
2011
456
Term
Reeve
1915-1921
William Armson
1922-1923
Nelson D. Huddlestone
1924
Odil Dupas
1925
David H. Payne, Administrator
1926-1929
Norman S. Tate, Administrator
1930-1937
O. J. Baxter, Administrator
1938-1942
Gladstone Cyril Catley, Administrator
1943
H. J. Rorke, Administrator
1944-1950
Walter J. Mitchell, Administrator
1951-1956
Maurice Chornoboy, Administrator
1956-1963
John Pelechaty, Administrator
1964-1966
Leonard Charzewski, Administrator
1967-1978
Hellar T. Charzewski, Administrator
1979-1992
Dmetro Mazier
1993-1995
Roland Van De Kerckhove
1996-1998
Fred Taylor
1999-2001
Steven Kindzerski
2002-2014
Fred Taylor
2015
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Lawrence.
Go here for a list of history books for Lawrence.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
1. Western Municipal News, 1923, page 335.
2. Open the Door - The Past Comes Alive: The History of the Rural Municipality of Lawrence by Lawrence Municipality History Committee, 1997. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 August 2022
